[ The purpose of dreaming he might one day, impossibly, have a dog?
... He dreams big... far too big.
The shiver under his hand registers, but mostly as a twitch, so he thinks nothing of it. Instead he sets to turning the water on, checking the temperature against his hand until it's warm but not hot. The right temperature for working into fur, and he sets to with a hum, making up his own nonsense song about scrubbing as his fingers work into fur alongside water, careful and gentle at Xie Lian's head, carefully prompting for each foreleg, thoroughly damping his paws and the fur of his arms and under his chin with a good natured scratching. He cups water into his hand to pour carefully over his muzzle, then over his ears, using his fingers to give a small massage to each ear as he carefully wets them down.
He's moved on to wetting down Lian's back, fingers working his fur as he goes to get down deep, all the way to the base of his tail; then he works on that tail, lifting it with his hand and cheerfully and gently using fingers to massage more water in, leaving Xie Lian with a sad looking drowned tail by the end. He's not prompting him to stand yet to get his hind legs, instead running the showerhead back up his spine and shoulders, starting in on his sides with the same massaging motion.
He doesn't think about how it might be too much when he starts on Xie Lian's chest, leaning to one side and directing the showerhead with a hand around this way, while his free hand is coming around the other way, still massaging water in--let alone as he goes down lower, past the ribcage, heading logically along his belly and toward the back legs he's thus far neglected. ]
[Yes that's right, there's nothing to mind here, definitely not. The scrubdown is actually surprisingly soothing too, once he gets used to the touch, and Xie Lian finds his eyes slowly closing as he lets himself enjoy the soapy massage.
...Until Shino's hands start moving towards more personal areas, at least. He can handle the chest! Kind of! But once the touch passes his ribcage this raccoon is going to start Wiggling in an attempt to kind of nudge himself away without outright jumping out of his seat.]
Er, Shino, aren't you...maybe I could try washing the rest myself? This form has fingers, so surely it shouldn't be too hard, right? [Right!?]
[ Shino pauses with the words and the Wiggling, blinking because at first, he has no idea what Lian's talking about. When he does, he swiftly pulls his hands away. Oh, oh no, Lian doesn't like certain... anythings, and he's probably thinking Shino's trying to get... what's the word for that even? Trying to flirt?
... With a raccoon?!
No, that's stupid enough he shakes himself out of that thought. It's a lot simpler, really. Getting fully bathed by someone else is probably just weird. ]
Yeah, sorry, old habit. Let me know if you need more water on your belly.
[ Shino's at least wetted down while Lian has continued soaping up, so aside from cringing away so soap doesn't get into his eyes, he's actually laughing at the process. ]
Hey, hey, no fair! I don't need extra soap!
[ With the same grin, he's back with the showerhead, this time putting it right over Lian's coon head without reservations. ]
I'll get your back, you handle the rest~
[ He sing songs, continuing to sing a nonsense song of rinsing all the soap off, down the drain it goes, bye bye dirt and stuff, clean is better as we know~
All the while running water from the back of his coon head down his back proper, using nails to scritch and encourage the soap to come right out. He pauses when he's managed Lian's back and part of his sides, since... that's how backs work! To ask: ]
Want me to do your tail or do you want the showerhead back?
[ Mind, he's sitting there with his hair shampoo'd and twisted up on top of his head like some kind of goofy soft serve ice cream, because he's letting it sit. Like the bottles say to do. Does it really matter? He doesn't think so, but it also keeps his hair out of the way for now. ]
[The nonsense song is very silly and he'd laugh if that was a thing raccoons did (also if his head wasn't currently getting showered on). He tries to assist at first, little paws raising to try to get at his head and back, but one, i's difficult to reach his back from this position, and two....the scritches are nice. His eyes are closed for more reasons than just to prevent water from getting in them.
Xie Lian's coon ears prick up at the question though, and he once again shakes--mostly just his head this time, but he can't help if that shake happens to shake a little more than that.]
I think I can handle that much! Though I'm not sure how well I can handle the showerhead in this form. [Reaching out anyway? Maybe he can do it!]
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... He dreams big... far too big.
The shiver under his hand registers, but mostly as a twitch, so he thinks nothing of it. Instead he sets to turning the water on, checking the temperature against his hand until it's warm but not hot. The right temperature for working into fur, and he sets to with a hum, making up his own nonsense song about scrubbing as his fingers work into fur alongside water, careful and gentle at Xie Lian's head, carefully prompting for each foreleg, thoroughly damping his paws and the fur of his arms and under his chin with a good natured scratching. He cups water into his hand to pour carefully over his muzzle, then over his ears, using his fingers to give a small massage to each ear as he carefully wets them down.
He's moved on to wetting down Lian's back, fingers working his fur as he goes to get down deep, all the way to the base of his tail; then he works on that tail, lifting it with his hand and cheerfully and gently using fingers to massage more water in, leaving Xie Lian with a sad looking drowned tail by the end. He's not prompting him to stand yet to get his hind legs, instead running the showerhead back up his spine and shoulders, starting in on his sides with the same massaging motion.
He doesn't think about how it might be too much when he starts on Xie Lian's chest, leaning to one side and directing the showerhead with a hand around this way, while his free hand is coming around the other way, still massaging water in--let alone as he goes down lower, past the ribcage, heading logically along his belly and toward the back legs he's thus far neglected. ]
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...Until Shino's hands start moving towards more personal areas, at least. He can handle the chest! Kind of! But once the touch passes his ribcage this raccoon is going to start Wiggling in an attempt to kind of nudge himself away without outright jumping out of his seat.]
Er, Shino, aren't you...maybe I could try washing the rest myself? This form has fingers, so surely it shouldn't be too hard, right? [Right!?]
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... With a raccoon?!
No, that's stupid enough he shakes himself out of that thought. It's a lot simpler, really. Getting fully bathed by someone else is probably just weird. ]
Yeah, sorry, old habit. Let me know if you need more water on your belly.
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Right! Thank you, I...I'll make sure to ask if I need it! Yes.
[He's never tried washing this much fur before but surely he can scrub the rest of himself just fine, right? Right.
And when he's done he'll shake himself and get soapsuds all over Shino, because. Instinct.]
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Hey, hey, no fair! I don't need extra soap!
[ With the same grin, he's back with the showerhead, this time putting it right over Lian's coon head without reservations. ]
I'll get your back, you handle the rest~
[ He sing songs, continuing to sing a nonsense song of rinsing all the soap off, down the drain it goes, bye bye dirt and stuff, clean is better as we know~
All the while running water from the back of his coon head down his back proper, using nails to scritch and encourage the soap to come right out. He pauses when he's managed Lian's back and part of his sides, since... that's how backs work! To ask: ]
Want me to do your tail or do you want the showerhead back?
[ Mind, he's sitting there with his hair shampoo'd and twisted up on top of his head like some kind of goofy soft serve ice cream, because he's letting it sit. Like the bottles say to do. Does it really matter? He doesn't think so, but it also keeps his hair out of the way for now. ]
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Xie Lian's coon ears prick up at the question though, and he once again shakes--mostly just his head this time, but he can't help if that shake happens to shake a little more than that.]
I think I can handle that much! Though I'm not sure how well I can handle the showerhead in this form. [Reaching out anyway? Maybe he can do it!]
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[ Shino offers, but he does allow Xie Lian to try and take the showerhead first. ]